PreS deletion mutations of hepatitis B virus in chronically infected patients with simultaneous seropositivity for hepatitis-B surface antigen and anti-HBs antibodies

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Xiangyan, Huang ^a   Yanghua, Qin ^a   Peng, Zhang ^a   Gusheng, Tang ^a   Qingfen, Shi ^b   Jun, Xu ^c   Falian, Qi ^c   Qian, Shen ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN INFECTIOUS DISEASE HOSPITAL   (China)

^c General Hospital Jinan Military   (China)

Author keywords

Anti HBs; Deletion mutant; HBsAg; preS1; preS2

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRES GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; START CODON; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS STRAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS B, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 74849137176     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: 10969071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.21669     Document Type: Article

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